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Like other sociologists, the writers of this textbook can all remember when they fi rst recognized the power of a sociological perspective. Rose Weitz, for example, remembers the moment she fi rst realized that her graduate Research Methods professor never called on any female student if a male student had his hand raised. Before that point, she had thought she could become more involved in classroom discussions if she only gave better answers or looked more alert or sat in the front of the classroom or . . . . Afterwards, she realized that the professor’s behavior refl ected his attitudes toward women rather than anything Rose or the other female students were doing. Th is started Rose on a career exploring (among other things) the sources of stereotypical attitudes toward girls and women, the power structure that allowed discriminatory behavior and attitudes to continue, the consequences of those attitudes and behaviors, and the means through which destructive behaviors and attitudes might be changed. 

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